Nostalgic Pushead

"It originally started off with the idea of a middle-aged person knocking things that would be exciting and valuable to a new generation. So many people said to us when we started. 'Oh, seen that, done it, don't do it again.' It's really depressing that there's a new generation growing up and being offered the same icons, like The Rolling Stones. The biggest bands now, like Pearl Jam, obviously grew up listening to the same records their parents did. But the whole Sixties perspective of change no longer exists." (Richey James)

Just wondered how the references to God are relevant to the context of the song? Is it comparing on the similarities of nostalgia to religion? Or mocking the older generation embracing religion while still desiring the rebellious music of their youth? Could it even be a reference to Eric Clapton (a.k.a "Clapton is God")? Haha.

" You are Radio Salvation. You are Radio Death. Slavery to the Beat - Slavery to the Pleasure. Slavery to your ego. Anyone can play guitar w/no emotion. Robot Robot Robot. " -Richey James in his 'Nostalgic Pushead' manifesto (the lines for the chorus were taken from there) . Also do u think that the part "slavery to the beat" has anything to do with the other meanings of beat, and the beat generation? For me it seems like that (as Nicky said on an interview they were reading too much Burroughs when writing GT!)

Not so much the lyrics, but the way they are delivered. I don't think I have ever heard another song where every line is delivered with such sheer enjoyment bursting from the singer and mic at every line.

Would not surprise me if this song was aimed more at the impresario characters that emerged from the 60s to manage the bands of the time.

Lovely little 5 6 7 8 from Nicky at the beginning there...

It's about the generation of the 1960's sexual revolution and so on growing older and still trying to hang on to the music, sex, ideals and rebellion of their youth even while those things have become nothing more than products marketed to them by corporations. It's the manics when they were young making fun of the older generation of music... of course now the manics are getting old themselves, I wonder if they still sing this song. Anyway it's a rockin' song and the manics totally rock regardless of age, but there's still a sense of schadenfraude.

Feels good to yell "Rebellion, it always sells at a profit!"